April is Poetry Month - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept From the Corners of my Mind.... April is Poetry Month, celebrate a poet near you! I am honoured to be a member of Sans Nom, Saskatchewan's longest-running poetry group. Those talented ladies are amazing, partially because they accept me. Because of them I can say that poetry does not have to be hard to

April is Poetry Month


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Riding with Rebecca - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the corners of my mind.... Note: Rebecca is a pseudonym, for obvious reasons. Teeth clattering, shoulders stiff, I hung on to the reins and horn after she asked, “Do you think you can handle a trot?” The jouncing increased as I tried to stay upright on the old mare who was deliberately making

Riding with Rebecca


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You Did Not Go Gently - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the corners of my mind.... I have never been drawn to the kitchen. (I should say that I CAN cook. I just get no joy from it). Spawned near the end of a large family, others took the cooking lessons while I hid with my books. When I married, my husband enjoyed cooking.

You Did Not Go Gently


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Snowblind, Cashless, and Dog-Tired - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the corners of my mind... Wasn’t last week’s blizzard an adventure? *Wipes sarcasm from lips”. I left work a bit early to try to beat the storm. I did a quick Dollarama pickup then raced to the pharmacy for a prescription that had run out. Even though I had used my card at

Snowblind, Cashless, and Dog-Tired


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The feather is on the other wing - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the corners of my mind.... Last column I introduced you to my Congo African Gray parrot, Fidget. African Grays are easy to identify. They’re the gray birds with red tail feathers; they tend to weigh around a pound and stand about a foot tall. They really like to talk. A famous online Congo

The feather is on the other wing


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Goodnight… - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the corners of my mind... “Goodnight”. “It’s only 7 PM”. “Ni-niighttt. Good night!” “You go to sleep, I’m busy!” “Goodnight!” There is a shrill sound like a smoke detector. This is the nightly routine of Fidget, a 40-something African Gray Parrot with a penchant for plucking and a sly sense of humour. Fidget

Goodnight…


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No Snow, But it Already Looks Like Christmas - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept From the Corners of my Mind..... I haven’t even gotten the Halloween decorations off my car and already the stores are filling with Christmas embellishments for sale. Hmmmm. For those that celebrate Christmas, what puts you in the Christmas spirit? For some, it’s the date. As soon as December 1 rolls around, out comes

No Snow, But it Already Looks Like Christmas


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Another ”Ordinary” Day - Prince Albert Daily Herald Swept from the Corners of my mind.... I thought it was an ordinary day. Work went as busily as usual. I had an issue with the Virtual Reality headsets that had fought me every virtual inch of the way, but I eventually won the battle. Things calmed down and I was looking forward to a meeting with

Another ”Ordinary” Day 


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Promise you a robot - Prince Albert Daily Herald My addiction of the moment is 3D printing. There is something compelling about choosing a file and then tweaking it with colours or size changes, watching it print (or turn into a plate of plastic spaghetti), troubleshooting and then painstakingly removing supports to reveal the results. Despite how that sounds, it IS “oddly mesmerizing” as

Promise you a robot


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Jingle dress woman Swept from the corners of my mind...Above my desk at work is one of my most treasured possessions. Some call it folk art. Some call it “a kid's project”.  I call it genius.When I taught Adult Upgrading, I met a lot of incredible people.

Jingle dress woman


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Oh, what a night Swept from the corners of my mind...11 pm. I was on the edge of sleep, neither too hot nor too cold. The blanket was comfy. The window was open to appreciate the country stillness. There was a dog or two on the bed but no crowding.

Oh, what a night


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It’s about time Swept from the corners of my mind...I’ve had an awesome summer, and it is not over yet. I never have enough time and/or energy during the school year to do everything on my list.

It’s about time


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The battle of a lifetime Swept from the corners of my mind...I was just a teen. Experimenting with plucking my eyebrows, I removed my glasses, focused the light, and leaned cl

The battle of a lifetime


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A ticklish topic Swept from the corners of my mind...I grew up in Nordale when the worst bugs were mosquitoes and tent caterpillars. I have a deep disgust of insects crawling on my hypersensitive skin, so they bothered me. A lot.

A ticklish topic


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The Shoer and the Politician Swept from the corners of my mind...Considering the recent federal election, I thought I’d share one of my husband’s favourite stories about a brush with politicians.Cecil was a professional farrier (horseshoer) for over 50 years.

The Shoer and the Politician


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Sometimes, I wonder – Part II As you recall, I had learned of a family death, a firing, and found a tiny cold woman in the space of an hour. I was in a hotel in Saskatoon for another night a

Sometimes, I wonder – Part II


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Sometimes I wonder … Part I Swept from the corners of my mind...“Everything happens for a reason” they tell me. I don’t agree.“Coincidence is not Causation” is more my slogan. But sometimes, I wonder.

Sometimes I wonder … Part I


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The dream horse Swept from the corners of my mind...Author’s note—This story is based on real events as I recall them. Names have been changed to protect the emba

The dream horse


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Don’t wait for my call Swept from the corners of my mind...I have a love hate relationship with phones. Yes, I love to hate them. It’s an old joke. A bad joke. But still the truth.When I was a kid, I couldn’t remember phone numbers. Total gap.

Don’t wait for my call


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Sisterly Shenanigans Swept From the Corners of my Mind:“Run,” I said, “and I will shoot you!” So she did. So then I did, and she has never forgiven me.Now, let me give you some background. First, I come from a large family.

Sisterly Shenanigans


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Critters Swept from the corners of my mind:My foster sister calls me “Critter Mama”. I was the kid fascinated with any animal I came across. I amassed quite a menagerie growing up, which only expanded when I married a farmer with the same attitude towards pets. Our children weren’t quite as intense, but they both gathered pets as well. At one point I recall having 2 dozen horses, cattle, a donkey, 2 llamas (named

Critters


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Swept from the corners of my mind Cathy Bendle, ColumnistWelcome to Swept From The Corners of My Mind, a compendium of stories, memories, humour and pathos.

Swept from the corners of my mind


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